Athens Skull Base Hands-on Course 2026
Transorbital approach
Vasiliki XENAKI
- 25/05 08:30 Welcome address Aristeidis PRASSAS
- 25/05 08:35 Wellcome address Andreas DEMETRIADES
- 25/05 08:40 Introduction Moschos FRATZOGLOU
- 25/05 08:50 Keyhole concept – Supraorbital and Lateral Supraorbital approach Torstein R. MELING
- 25/05 09:10 FTOZ craniotomy Vasiliki XENAKI
- 25/05 09:30 Cavernous sinus anatomy – Cavernous sinus surgery Moschos FRATZOGLOU
- 25/05 10:10 Coffee Break
- 25/05 10:25 Hands - On Session 1 | Supraorbital Approach, interfascial dissection, retrograde dissection of the temporalis muscle, FTOZ craniotomy, extradural anterior clinoidectomy, peeling of the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus
- 25/05 14:15 Lunch Break
- 25/05 14:45 Anterior petrosal approach Nigel MENTOZA
- 25/05 15:05 Transorbital approach Vasiliki XENAKI
- 25/05 15:25 Coffee Break
- 25/05 15:45 Hands - On Session 2 | Anterior Petrosectomy - Transorbital approach
- 26/05 01:30 Lunch Break
- 26/05 08:00 Extended Retrosigmoid & Suprameatal approach Venelin GERGANOV
- 26/05 08:30 Posterior petrosal approach Sebastien FROELICH
- 26/05 09:00 Hands - On Session 3 | Retrosigmoid & Suprameatal Approach - Posterior Petrosectomy (navigated through the cerebellopontine angle)
- 26/05 14:00 Far lateral approach Olivier BOZINOV
- 26/05 14:20 Far lateral approach for vascular lesions Alexandros ANDREOU
- 26/05 14:40 Hands - On Session 4 | Far lateral approach (navigated through the cerebellopontine angle)
- 27/05 08:00 Endoscopic anatomy of the nasal – paranasal sinuses and skull base Christos Georgalas
- 27/05 08:20 Endoscopic endonasal approach to the sella Juan Carlos DE BATTISTA
- 27/05 08:40 Endoscopic endonasal approach to the suprasellar region (transplanum – transtuberculum) Mykola GUK
- 27/05 09:00 Hands - On Session 5 | Endoscopic Transsphenoidal – Transethmoidal – Transclival Approach
- 27/05 13:30 Transpterygoid approach (anatomy and technique) Christos GEORGALAS
- 27/05 13:30 Lunch Break
- 27/05 13:50 Endoscopic vs. transcranial surgery for anterior skull base meningiomas Mykola GUK
- 27/05 14:10 Skull base reconstruction Christos GEORGALAS
- 27/05 14:30 Coffee Break
- 27/05 14:40 Hands - On Session 6 | Endoscopic Transpterygoid Approach